Paper mocks Kara’s ‘killer robots’ talk

The Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar criticized Minister-without-Portfolio Ayoub Kara on Monday, dubbing him “the science-fiction minister” after he said over the weekend that Israel was developing robots that could kill its enemies, including Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah.

On Monday, an article in the Lebanese paper read, “The Israeli Minister-without-Portfolio Ayoub Kara found himself a portfolio and has become, starting today, the science-fiction minister in the Israeli government by saying that Israel’s goal of assassinating its number one enemy, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, is closer than ever.” The paper added, however, that it was taking the minister’s remarks seriously.

• Maariv Hashavua